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it shouldn't be an excuse for the other side to try to talk down the economy. just try to score a few political points. it's a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now. >> reporter: the struggling economy is considered the president's soft spot and number one issue for voters. it's a centerpiece of romney's campaign, they hit the president hard throughout on employment including in this week's debate. >> we have 43 three straight months above 8%. i'll help create 12 million new jobs in this country. >> reporter: the new jobs report with unemployment below 8% robbed romney of one of his most reliable campaign lines. he said friday the economy should be better and that the decline in the unemployment rate showed how much people are struggling. >> looks like unemployment is getting better. the truth is if the same share of people were participating in the workforce today as on the day that the president got elected our unemployment rate would be around 11%. that's the real reality of what's happening out there. >> reporter: now advisers tell me
it shouldn't be an excuse for the other side to try to talk down the economy. just try to score a few political points. it's a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now. >> reporter: the struggling economy is considered the president's soft spot and number one issue for voters. it's a centerpiece of romney's campaign, they hit the president hard throughout on employment including in this week's debate. >> we have 43 three straight months above 8%. i'll help create...
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we don't have certainty of where the economy is going. if the fiscal cliff can be dealt with in the lame duck session you'll see more growth in the economy. >> i love your personal story, david rubenstein because here you are, your dad was a postal worker, never made more than $8,000. you said money was never on your radar screen. when and how did that change for you >> when i grew up money wasn't important. i was interested in other things. sports. i thought i would be a great professional baseball player but that didn't work out. i went to law school and wanted to work in service. i served in the white house under president carter. i went back and practiced law. i wasn't that great of a lawyer and not a great demand of service. i decided to do something different. i start ad company and it took off. so i did get fortunate to make more money than i probably can spend and therefore i'm committed to giving away the bulk of it. >> when you started your company you were 38 years old. you were telling me in the green room that believes kids t
we don't have certainty of where the economy is going. if the fiscal cliff can be dealt with in the lame duck session you'll see more growth in the economy. >> i love your personal story, david rubenstein because here you are, your dad was a postal worker, never made more than $8,000. you said money was never on your radar screen. when and how did that change for you >> when i grew up money wasn't important. i was interested in other things. sports. i thought i would be a great...
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but what he said in massachusetts my focus is the economy. >> it's another one of those issues where mitt romney says something and then says something different. what does he believe? is he going to be someone who gets into office and supports anti-abortion legislation, yes or no? >> you can ask mitt romney. >> i asked him and he said no. i think it's one of these examples where it's not clear what his position is. >> the president changes his position on guantanamo bay. politicians changes their position. mitt romney is pro life. is it number one priority of his administration during a cal crisis inprobably not. you have to ask him. >>> congressional committees are asking health officials for briefings on the deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. this morning the disease has killed 12 people and spread to ten states. 121 cases have been reported. they are blamed on contaminated steroids taken for joint and back pain and as many as 13,000 people may have gotten the tainted injections. experts say symptoms can develop as late as three months after an injection. >>> in pakistan doctor
but what he said in massachusetts my focus is the economy. >> it's another one of those issues where mitt romney says something and then says something different. what does he believe? is he going to be someone who gets into office and supports anti-abortion legislation, yes or no? >> you can ask mitt romney. >> i asked him and he said no. i think it's one of these examples where it's not clear what his position is. >> the president changes his position on guantanamo...
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jobs and economy are still the number one issue. this was a pretty fierce debate between biden and ryan. >> on that question, did paul ryan answer the question with respect to the $5 trillion, where those deductions can come from and does the arithmetic work? >> no. that's where joe biden was extremely effective. it does not add up. you cannot lower the tax rates by 20% plus increase defense spending, plus keep the bush tax cuts in place and not remove deductions that impact the middle class and still balance the budget. it doesn't work. >> the fact is, i wish we stuck to the economy, stuck to the price of gasoline. >> is this a concession. >> no. there's more ground to be gained by romney on the economy because the records -- >> he can't answer the question. what are the deductions he would get rid of. >> he doesn't need to answer that right now. you have a president who had every single democrat in the senate vote against his budget. to say romney has to be the bigger standard than obama. >> obama put up a plan. >> we have to end
jobs and economy are still the number one issue. this was a pretty fierce debate between biden and ryan. >> on that question, did paul ryan answer the question with respect to the $5 trillion, where those deductions can come from and does the arithmetic work? >> no. that's where joe biden was extremely effective. it does not add up. you cannot lower the tax rates by 20% plus increase defense spending, plus keep the bush tax cuts in place and not remove deductions that impact the...
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romney has built his campaign on the economy. he has argued that the president's policies just aren't working. yesterday, we saw him make a similar argument on foreign policy, saying the president is passive and basically sitting around, waiting for things to happen in the world. last night in california, the president fired back. at a fund-raiser in san francisco, president obama highlighted what he sees as some of the foreign policy accomplishments. like ending the war in iraq and winding down the one in afghanist afghanistan. >> as long as i'm commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. >> reporter: but the president, now down in the polls and struggling to recover from his lackluster debate, is firing yet another attack against romney. this one, over cuts to pbs with a new tv ad, satyrically comparing big bird to other criminals. >> one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird. big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> reporter: romney now has momentum and yesterday delivered
romney has built his campaign on the economy. he has argued that the president's policies just aren't working. yesterday, we saw him make a similar argument on foreign policy, saying the president is passive and basically sitting around, waiting for things to happen in the world. last night in california, the president fired back. at a fund-raiser in san francisco, president obama highlighted what he sees as some of the foreign policy accomplishments. like ending the war in iraq and winding...
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i'll make sure we rebuild our economy. we've put people to work and i'll make sure we have a the strongest military in the history of the world. we'll keep the military second to none. >> last night san francisco, the president told supporters his record on international affairs is strong. >> every brave american who wears the uniform of this country should know that as listening as i'm commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world's ever known, and when our troops take off their uniforms, we will serve them as well as they have served us. >> the obama campaign has a new ad this morning criticizing romney's promise to cut public tv funding and big bird. >>> gas prices are still at a record high in california. an average of $4.67 a gallon. prices went up so fast last week that governor jerry brown called the situation an emergency. fuel industry analyst david hack et says the pain at the pump will fade quickly. >> retail prices went up about 56 cents a gallon last week. record-setting levels. and a re
i'll make sure we rebuild our economy. we've put people to work and i'll make sure we have a the strongest military in the history of the world. we'll keep the military second to none. >> last night san francisco, the president told supporters his record on international affairs is strong. >> every brave american who wears the uniform of this country should know that as listening as i'm commander in chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world's ever known, and when our...
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he can't run the simple bad economy message. that's what you saw in the debate. he had a fast forward and enthusiasm. the thing about the margins to remember, if you're four points behind in a state you've only got to change two% of people's point of view to be tied. >> let's talk about the big bird effect. it is that shiny object that they lurched on to. is it a distraction from obama's message which is after the debate which is that mitt romney was dishonest in the debate, that he did not tell the truth about his tax plan, that he tried to get away from some of the positions he took in the past. >> i'm' expecting kermit to come out and attack obama today to balance things up. here's what i think is happening. the obama team got a little rattled by this debate so they're trying to find kind of their groove. they're trying to take the race back. on the one hand they want to talk flip-flops. on the other hand, extremism. they have to straighten out and come up with one theme. >> let me ask you about something that mitt romney said yesterday. he was with the des mo
he can't run the simple bad economy message. that's what you saw in the debate. he had a fast forward and enthusiasm. the thing about the margins to remember, if you're four points behind in a state you've only got to change two% of people's point of view to be tied. >> let's talk about the big bird effect. it is that shiny object that they lurched on to. is it a distraction from obama's message which is after the debate which is that mitt romney was dishonest in the debate, that he did...
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a vision that has squarely in it the interest of the middle class and the notion that you build the economy through the middle class and through a strong middle class and the other side has the same trickle down theory that congressman ryan voted for all through the last decade, big tax breaks for the wealthy, deregulate wall street, let them write their own rules and hope for the best. we know how that story ends. >> paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannonball. is that the strategy? >> i think if he thinks that he's going to hold him to the facts, if he thinks that he's going to hold him to account for the positions that governor romney has taken in this campaign, their collective records, their approach to issues, well then maybe so but, you know, harry truman said i don't give them hell, i just tell it like it is, and they feel like they're in hell. so, you know, maybe congressman ryan's feeling the pressure of their own positions. >> david, the consequences of what happened and the death of the ambassador in libya has caused some scrutiny of those incidents and
a vision that has squarely in it the interest of the middle class and the notion that you build the economy through the middle class and through a strong middle class and the other side has the same trickle down theory that congressman ryan voted for all through the last decade, big tax breaks for the wealthy, deregulate wall street, let them write their own rules and hope for the best. we know how that story ends. >> paul ryan says he expects joe biden to come at him like a cannonball....
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how much is the economy affecting this. economic issues are a big part of divorces. >> absolutely. i think that if couples have limited resources and someone has lost their job, those couples might just try to stick it out. divorce is expensive. if you can't afford to keep up two households. but if the resources are somewhat plentiful and two people are working and a woman says to herself, you know, i can support myself she won't be as afraid to leave. >> how much is access to online dating, social media, people reconnecting with people from their past playing into it? >> it's an interesting question. because i think definitely there's the hope when people divorce that they are going to find somebody else to connect with. but because marriage is really now about personal fulfillment, they are really looking to even go at it on their own if that so be it. it's better to be on one's own people are think than to be in a relationship that's less supportive. >> when you stress the word thinking, what your saying >> i'm saying people are being mindful of whether or not they are going to
how much is the economy affecting this. economic issues are a big part of divorces. >> absolutely. i think that if couples have limited resources and someone has lost their job, those couples might just try to stick it out. divorce is expensive. if you can't afford to keep up two households. but if the resources are somewhat plentiful and two people are working and a woman says to herself, you know, i can support myself she won't be as afraid to leave. >> how much is access to...